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PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...
PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...

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Giving signal to indicate file transfer completed

If a file is trasffered from A to B, normally our customers need a way to confirm whether file transfer is completed. In China, customers will adopt 2 ways, one is creating another signal file, for example, if the transfer a file named a.txt, they...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Transfer folder between C:D nodes

Hope C:D can support transfer the whole folder to anther folder, which include many potential functions such as trasfer folder, whether includes subfolder, filter files via file name rule and create folders in the opposite C:D node. Our local file...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Select statistics with information of the XLATE name being used.

I currently use conversion tables for file transfers and receipts.But I need to have control over the logs, which tables are being used. Currently, I only identify in the Connect logs whether or not the transmission process is using a table (Selec...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Not under consideration

Add "width" property to Help Text component

Help Text component becomes width of entire screen when long text is added. There should be a width property to avoid this happening.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Bundle Components to have Fraction quantities.

We have a requirement where in Bundle components are measured on basis of their weights e.g. Bundle with 0.8 ounces of Dog Food or Bundle with 0.6 ounces of Cat food. This would need to configure the Bundle (Packing Bag) with components having fra...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Not under consideration

Item Catalog Search Index Enhancements

OM provides feature to store all extended item catalog data in the form of additional attributes. This feature also allows us to setup any type of complex structure between itemid and extended catalog data. Internally the product uses “Additional ...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Not under consideration

File not picking up from the source folder, if we move the file to local directory and copy back to original location, files are picked and deliverd.

File not picking up from the source folder, if we move the file to local directory and copy back to original location, files are picked and deliverd.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 1 Not under consideration

Provide message CSPA600W that would be displayed on MVS console or log.

Message CSPA600W is currently only displayed in Connect Direct joblog/started task log and would be beneficial to have available to be automated so corrective action could be taken. Other products display license expiration messages and expiring c...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Connect:Direct for HP Non-Stop v3.6.0.2 bug fix needed to display protocol in full in NDM log

Currently in NDM log for C:D HP Non-Stop v3.6.0.2, the protocol is not displayed in full. In v3.6.0.1 there was only SSL vs TLS, but in v3.6.0.2, it is TLS1.0 and TLS1.2, thus truncation happened. Since operation/application support teams do not u...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Not under consideration

SMS Compressed Dataset Enhancement with NDM

Visa would like to see Connect Direct transmission of SMS compressed datasets improved. Today, when we transmit a compressed dataset, if it is done with out coding the DCB parms in the process it always fails on the remote node with a space abend....
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration